People’s lands should be handed over before the end of the years, orders President Maithri

President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered that the land problems of the Tamil people a should be solved before the end of the month and their lands handed over to them. The president has ordered that, all lands of the people should handed back to them before December 31st, this year.

Thus, activities should be undertaken to hand over all lands acquired by the Security Forces to the people, he has ordered.

A committee led by the NP Governor to look into the matter of handing over the land of the people.

This matter was discussed in the President’s Task Force for the development of North and East, yesterday.

Commenting later on this the president said that the lands of the people belongs to the people. The task of handing over of the lands to the people should be completed before December 31st , he has said.